Mud House owner coy on Villa Maria

Mud House owner coy on Villa Maria
Paul McBeth
The Australian owner of Mud House Wines, Accolade Wines, is coy on rumours it’s in the running to buy Villa Maria Estate.The Australian Financial Review’s Street Talk column reported Accolade is in the second round of bidding for the Kiwi winery. And while the Australian paper reported local rivals Delegat and Indevin Wines are also in the running, NZX-listed Delegat told BusinessDesk it isn’t looking for any New Zealand acquisitions.Accolade chief executive Robert Foye is more optimistic about chasing growth through acquisiti...

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